🇲🇷 Mauritania cuisine · #13

Atay (Mauritanian Tea)

Atay (Mauritanian Tea)
Time45 min
Serves6
Ingredients4

Strong green tea with mint prepared in three rounds — bitter as life, sweet as love, gentle as death — with a thick foam.

Ingredients

Method

  1. Rinse the tea with a little boiling water and discard.
  2. Add water and sugar and boil over embers.
  3. Pour from a height between glasses to build foam.
  4. Serve three rounds, adding mint and sugar each time.